GARRISON, Homer P., St. Helena Parish, Louisiana
File prepared by D.N. Pardue and submitted by Inez Bridges Tate.
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From "St. Helena Vets Remember World War II: Personal Interviews
With World War II Vets", published by St. Helena Historical
Association, 1995.  Compiled and edited by Inez Bridges Tate and
reprinted with permission.

     Homer P. Garrison was born on August 4, 1926 near Dennis

Mills.  He was the son of Charles and Jessie Craft Garrison.

His maternal grandparents were Homer and Rosa Calmes Craft, who

lived all their lives in St. Helena Parish.

     Homer was in the Naval Air Force, entering service in 1943.

After his basic training, he attended Gunnery School and was

assigned the position as tail gunner.  On his first mission in

the South Pacific on Wake Island, his plane joined a squadron of

nine planes.  His squadron was on test run in a PB-4Y2 (Army

converted B-24).  Their mission was to drop the bombs and return

to their base.  Homer's plane had not dropped all the bombs on

board.  The others returned to base.  Homer's crew radioed in

that they were gonig to make another run to drop the bombs a-

board.  His plane never returned.  They were never heard from

again.  This information came from a you Navy man that was in

Homer's Squadron and knew what had happened.

     A memorial service was held for the young man at Hebron

Baptist Church.

Information provided by Virginia Calmes Phillips, a cousin.

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